Random EPICness

Some thoughts on Harry Potter

I’m gonna be really sad when I’ve watched the final Harry Potter movie. It was bittersweet when the Deathly Hallows book came out in 2007. I tried to read it as slow as possible (it wasn’t easy) because I really didn’t want the Harry Potter adventure to end. But I took comfort in the fact that the movies were still not over and that I had much to look forward to. And now the last movie is coming out later this week and it’s all really about to end.

I was 11 years old when I read the first book. I remember my mom sorta forced me to read it. She said that it was really popular and that I should read it. I begrudgingly started reading it. English isn’t my first language and I wasn’t used to reading novels. The first chapter confused the heck outta me. There were owls, muggles and wizards celebrating on the streets and mentioned a cat reading a newspaper or something. It was very descriptive and took me a long time to read. I put it down after that. It was only after a while when my cousin started reading the book and kept saying how great it was that I tried it one more time. I picked up from chapter 2 and was forever hooked. I’ve read many other books since then but for me, Harry Potter is still the best page turner.

Now over a decade later, the Harry Potter adventure is finally going to be concluded with the release of the final movie. If there’s one thing I’m glad about being part of this generation is that we grew up with Harry. We had to wait year after year for a new book to come out. We speculated with friends about the mysteries of Hogwarts. We read and re-read the books again and again as we impatiently waited for the next one. We looked enviously at friends who got the latest book a few days earlier than us. And finally when we got the book, we wouldn’t go out for a week. Just one more chapter and I’m going to sleep. And we slept thinking about the next chapter. It was hard to pry our eyes away from the book and stop turning the pages. And at the same time, it was bittersweet to see the thickness of pages after the bookmark become thinner and thinner. It was especially true for the last book.

It won’t be the same for the next generation. The movies are out already. Kids would probably watch the movies first before reading those daunting thick books. And of course there’s the influence of some “haters” online who don’t want to be associated with Harry Potter (thankfully, these haters are a minority). Just watch the FineBros’ Kids React to Harry Potter and see what kids today feel about Harry Potter. Not all of them are as ecstatic about Harry Potter as you might hope.

So yeah, I just felt like writing something about Harry Potter. I tend to get this HP fever when there’s going to be a release of a new book or movie. Must be the Harry Potter magic.